No Post Today (Again): On Road, Forgot Laptop

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Good Morning, Everyone,
It’s a cold, wet, nasty day here in northwest PA, a good day to stay in and get some work done around the house. That’s exactly what I plan to do, unless I get called into one of my “volunteer” jobs. Our leaves are just beginning to change, and the rain is knocking them down already. So much for one of our biggest draws in this neck of the woods. And so, to work. I’ll keep checking in from time to time as long as we’re home and my dad doesn’t have to go to work or rescue some damsel in distress.

Good morning, y’all! I probably shouldn’t say this, but we have beautiful, bright blue skies this morning. The only problem is, it’s getting a mite cool around here. Last night I heard the weatherman (not weatherkat!) say it was going to be 41 degrees at 6:30 this morning. So when it came time to go outside, I just hunkered down in the sofa. I knew it was going to be COLD out there! But my girl picked me up and made me go outside. That’s the problem with being so small — everyone gets to boss me around!!!

We actually had some snow on the ground yesterday morning. Oct 2 is way too early for that. Having reread my first post from this AM, I’m having pangs of guilt for calling the weather anything negative. Those of us living in our area are probably the last people in the world to complain about the weather. It’s sometimes inconvenient, but my dad says that in his long lifetime, he has never experienced or heard of weather being catastrophic in our area. Our snow melts, and our rain dries. We never have to repair or rebuild because of the weather.

Good morning all – it is STILL raining and damp here….sigh. We really, really need to see some sun. It has been raining for about 3 weeks now. The garden is shot, there is dampness everywhere, and about the only way the trees are going to turn colors is if someone has a paintball war out there.

We usually love autumn, but this is just dreary. And now we don’t even have Posts. sobbbb.

Oh well, Mama is going to go play with clay for a couple hours before CL time. That will cheer her up considerably. Talk to you all (much) later tonight. Hope everyone is healing up and doing well. Everyone here is healthy, thank dog.

T&G: Good luck to your mom and her clay! I hope she sells a million zillion things — I think that’s a lot more than two! — and can quit at Crazy Lady Land!!!

I’ve gotta go now. Mom has to go to the church’s bank and her bank and the storage place and the store and another store and another store — well, you get the picture! Lots of errands to run before she gets to work. So I’ll be back much, much latter!

Rose!…Nope!…snort!…She spent 1 ½ hours on the leaves yesterday and the other time was spent working on the other parts of the project…grunt!…I guess it does not matter because you are just keeping a running time total….sniff! …There is no way in hell she has spent 19+ hours on this thing already!…wheeze!…Unbelievable!

Laptop! …So if Spencer forgot his laptap how was he able to post the “No Post Today….” post?….gruffle!

We are here uncharacteristically early (that is one heck of a long word, BTW) because mom was running late for school and the thingy that makes the car go, wouldn’t. Mom felt disinclined to go to school for an hour, so….

She is getting things arranged to go down for her uncle’s funeral. Mom is bummed that dad is not going, but he won’t board all five of us, and our Angie wants to go. Then on Saturday is the Walk To Remember where everybody with 2 legs walks in honor of Granny, who has Alzheimer’s. Dad will have to represent the rest of them there. Since the trip south will be, Mom, Grandmother, Our Angie, and the illusive Aunt Bev, they have decided to make the trip home a GO TO THE OUTLET MALL extravaganza. There is also an IKEA across from the mall. Dad should plan on those crazy girls getting home, WHEN THEY GET HOME, DANGIT! (sorry, I was just quoting what mom told dad)

Rainy weather *sigh* I think I remember what that is like. Something to do with having to run around in the garage before we come in.

Congtratulations to the Royals’ mum for getting accepted into the big art show next spring! I hope and think she will do just fine at the one this weekend.

High of 81 degrees here today…sigh.
Macy, when it does rain here, (hardly ever) I don’t have to worry about dirty feet because the “soil” is too sandy.

Fellow Sibers, Thanks for the heads up. Mom always tries to check the dog park first thing when we get there, but she is going to tell every human that comes to the dog park what you told us. The only problem we have seen so far at my dog park is once in a great while someone has deliberately left all the gates open.

Masquers: My avatar disapperas when I use my home laptop. I begin my new job on Monday, October 10th. I’m very much looking forward to it! I will be learning new skills, and working with a great bunch of people. So great in fact, they are having a celebratory luncheon for me tomorrow, at an Italian restaurant called Tramonto’s.

That orange flower is beautiful! Needless to say, we have no fungi here. There hasen’t even been a good crop of tumbleweeds because there hasn’t been enough rain for them, and they can usually make do with very little moisture.

Rose, the bad news is that I think someone was deliberately trying to harm dogs. I bet the perp doesn’t live too far from the dog park. That perp needs to be wearing a orange jumpsuit and breaking rocks in the hot sun but will probably never be caught.

Such cruelty! Just like there is a special place for someone who gives up her acupuncture appointment for her dog, there is a special, but much different place for someone who intentionally harms the four-leggeds. All the dogs got a little extra love and attention during chores this morning.

Project!….Okay, because I have nothing else to do today I went back thru the comments from Sept. 20th to today….grunt!….I added up all the time my friend said she worked on her project. I added 30 minutes for each day I forgot to report the time. Some days she worked on it and some days not…sniff!

Rose!….The total time I come up with is 15 hours and 15 minutes….wheeze!…I think this is accurate, so start keeping track from here on with these numbers if you want….wuffle!

I forgot to tell you about the Pack’s night! Jesse came to be with them. They have him very well trained.
First, they helped him sweep the rugs.
Second, they took him outside to play.
Third, they watched him pick up the leaves they brought in on their tales.
Next, they all got tummies.
After that, they all watched a movie.
After that, they got chewies and Jesse had a pizza.
After that, they were serenaded while Jesse played his guitar.
After that, they watched Jesse give Patsy her meds and since they were all so good, they all got some peanut butter.
After that, they watched some more TV and snored a great deal.
Then we got home and Patsy would not talk to me.
She went over and sat with Jesse.
Little snigglefritz!

Artist!….Well, Stinky Mama is well on her way to becoming a Full-Time Artist if you ask me…snort! ….Of course she will sell lots of stuff this weekend at the Big Fancy Show…heh!…Then she can put all her cash in the bank and tell ole what’s her name at the gym “adios amigo!”…chorkel!

Photo!….My favorite photo is of Clarkson and Spencer….heh!…My two favorite chalk-full-of-talent Guys….snorkel!

Review!…I just finished Wookie’s Tip-Top Review of Dog Who out on Barnes and Nobles…snort!…His review really is the best out there so far…heh!…I think we should all put our two cents worth in a review for Dog Who. Especially since it is still on the NY Times Best Sellers list this week…Woooooo!

Wookie: If you didn’t have a full-time gig testing quilts, I would say you should be a professional book-reviewer.

Rose: I have an addiction to chapstick and I’m afraid Belle Starr has the same addiction. Grape Fanta Lipsmacker is our current favorite, but if you ask Belle Starr, Lipsmacker has yet to do wrong in the flavor departments.

A setback on the health front. #2son’s diet went from no liquids to liquids to solid food. By solid food we mean roast beef, boiled potatoes, green beans, white bread. Are they crazy! Mashed potatoes, cream of wheat maybe…Going from one extreme to the other cannot be good. We are very upset here. One doesn’t have to be a doctor to question this choice in diet. He said even the nurse was wondering about the food on his tray. He was supposed to have gone home today – now he’s back on liquids only.

Bear: I talked with my brother today. They think the cause is a hiatal hernia he had twenty years ago and that it has affected his stomach. He’s going to another hospital for another test tomorrow. He’s hoping he will be able to go home after that. He may need to have blood transfusions periodically.

Hope your son starts feeling better and that they get his diet correct.

Dog on It! Wookie’s review is good. We are thinking about doing one also, but we just can’t figure out how to express the attraction of this book in just the right way. Will have to keep thinking on it.

Bear: sorry to hear of the setback. Paws crossed for a happy outcome for #2 son.

Grump!….I was hoping she’d be too tired tonight, but she says we are going on The Brutal Walk anyways….huffle!…There is a baseball game on right now. She seems to have forgotten this fact…gruffle!snort!

A quick hello and good night from us. Barb is back, all is well with my world. Barb and Kelly had a few gliches with their trip, and the furnace broke here, so Jordan was cold (but I wasn’t). Otherwise, it was a good trip.

Yawn…just waking up. I got another call to go to work at 6 this morning and when I got home I headed straight for the bed. The nap felt great.
Melanie: Wonderful pictures of your family and Spence. Thanks for the fun reports on our favorite author.
What a beautiful begonia.
T&G: Hope your show this weekend exceeds your wildest expectations and you are able to say sayonara to the Crazy Lady. My sympathies for the loss of your Grampa’s best friend. Give him and your mom some extra loving to help them through this hard time.
For B.Stover’s brother and BSD’s #2 son: More healing thoughts and prayers being sent.
Rio: Wow! Your new leaves are amazing looking. Can’t wait to see the finished project. Your friend keeps getting better at this quilling stuff.
Yikes! The Tigers are down 2 to zip.

Tired!….Someone is tired so will will have to miss seeing the Tigers beat the Yankees….snort!… She says she is seriously thinking about taking a Mental Health day off tomorrow….sniff!…We shall see, we shall see….heh!….Night Dawson!

Well, carpola! The picture is sideways, and we aren’t sure how to rotate it. Sorry
Anyway, this is a 3 part kachina mask, decorated with 10 kt gold and real turquoise. We will tell Mama to get better pics at the show.
Thank you so much for all of your good wishes for Mama to excape from the CL. All paws crossed.
Only one more day to deal with her this week anyway – after that, Mama is off for the show.
Good night all – thanks again for your support – means a lot to us.

Hi Wolfie – the mask is made of three separate clay pieces that are fired plain, and then painted and decorated with the gold and turq. After they are decorated, they are mounted on a wood backplate – this piece of wood was so lovely, we really wanted a special thing for it.
(p.s. -the top of the mask is on the right, wish we knew how to rotate it to post it. )